Cinema historiographer and
translator (b. 1927, İstanbul). He is the son of Mustafa Nihat Özön. He
attended Ankara Atatürk High School (1927) and graduated from Ankara
University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography, Faculty of Turcology
and the Institute of Librarianship (1952). His critiques and reviews were
published in Yeryüzü, Beraber, Pazar Postası from 1951 and in the
newspapers and reviews Sinema (1956), Ulus, Akis, Yön and Devrim,
which he published with his friends. He also translated scripts.
WORKS:
RESEARCH-STUDY: Sinema
Sanatı (The Art of Cinema, 1956), Ansiklopedik Sinema Sözlüğü (Encyclopedic
Dictionary of Cinema, 1958), Türk Sinema Tarihi (History of Turkish
Cinema, 1962), Sinema Terimleri Sözlüğü (Dictionary of Terminology in
Cinema, 1963), Sinema El Kitabı (Cinema Hand-book, 1964), Türk
Sineması Kronolojisi (Chronology of Turkish Cinema, 1968), 100 Soruda
Sinema Sanatı (The Art of Cinema in 100 Questions, 1972), Sinema ve
Televizyon Sözlüğü (Dictionary of Cinema and Television, 1973), Sinema
Uygulayımı, Sanatı, Tarihi (Practice, Art and History of Cinema, 1985), Dil
Klavuzu (A Guide to Language, 1985).
In addition, he
translated works on cinema and film scripts.
